Subject:Re: Grunge Draft

Written By:5.19.86on05/02/06 at 5:59 am

Wow, you'd have to be out of your mind to think "Stone Temple Pilots" are not Grunge

Subject:Re: Grunge Draft

Written By:Trimac20on05/02/06 at 7:14 am

On my scale of 'Grunginess'Alice in Chains 5Bush 4 Puddle of Mudd 6Nickelback 2Nirvana 5Staind ?Disturbed ?Linkin Park 1STP ?Smashing Pumpkins 6: Some of their music was actually quite grungy, mostly the early 'Gish' eraFoo Fighters 2, not grungy at all

A few definitely grunge bands included the Melvins, the Raincoats, Mudhoney, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.

Subject:Re: Grunge Draft

Written By:bbigd04on05/02/06 at 12:48 pm

Alice in Chains- GRUNGEBush- NOT GRUNGEPuddle of Mudd- NOT GRUNGENickelback- NOT GRUNGENirvana- GRUNGEStaind- NOT GRUNGEDisturbed- NOT GRUNGELinkin Park- NOT GRUNGESTP- NOT GRUNGE (Their debut was fake grunge and they aren't a real grunge band like Nirvana)Smashing Pumpkins- NOT GRUNGEFoo Fighters- NOT GRUNGE

I notice a lot of people hate on Post-Grunge. I'd have to say that Post-Grunge isn't necessarily crap. There are some really crappy Post-Grunge bands, but bands like the Foo Fighters and Stone Temple Pilots are awesome.

Subject:Re: Grunge Draft

Written By:Red Anton05/03/06 at 5:55 pm

Like the emo draft, I list a bunch of rock bands, from the '90s and '00s and you say "Grunge" or "Not Grunge" for each of them.

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If that is the best you can come up with I'm afraid you don't know too much about grunge. How you could leave out Pearl Jam and Soundgarden (for starters) is beyond me.

I don't think that was the point of the thread. I think he was just throwing out Random Rock Bands. Since Soundgarden and Pearl Jam are obviously Grunge, it would have probably have been useless including them into the debate. But then again, we could say the same for Nirvana and Alice In Chains, who he did include

Subject:Re: Grunge Draft

Written By:bbigd04on05/04/06 at 9:11 am

I don't think that was the point of the thread. I think he was just throwing out Random Rock Bands. Since Soundgarden and Pearl Jam are obviously Grunge, it would have probably have been useless including them into the debate. But then again, we could say the same for Nirvana and Alice In Chains, who he did include

And everybody knows nickelback and Linkin Park are not grunge anyways, lol.

Subject:Re: Grunge Draft

Written By:5.19.86on05/04/06 at 9:13 am

And everybody knows nickelback and Linkin Park are not grunge anyways, lol.

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i only really like three of these...and, as different as they may be in style, many of the singers sound the same.

Subject:Re: Grunge Draft

Written By:Trimac20on05/05/06 at 11:17 am

The Smashing Pumpkins actually began as a true, dyed in the wool Grunge band, believe it or not. If you've heard Gish and their rawer, earlier demos (pre 'Siamese Dream') you'll see the music is classic grunge; distortions, power chords, occasional screaming. I guess there later stuff was far more varied in character, so people tend to forget that fact.

Subject:Re: Grunge Draft

Written By:velvetoneoon05/05/06 at 12:33 pm

The Smashing Pumpkins actually began as a true, dyed in the wool Grunge band, believe it or not. If you've heard Gish and their rawer, earlier demos (pre 'Siamese Dream') you'll see the music is classic grunge; distortions, power chords, occasional screaming. I guess there later stuff was far more varied in character, so people tend to forget that fact.

Their later stuff was more heavily produced and heavily influenced by '70s heavy metal and prog rock as opposed to punk.

Subject:Re: Grunge Draft

Written By:Trimac20on05/05/06 at 12:35 pm

Their later stuff was more heavily produced and heavily influenced by '70s heavy metal and prog rock as opposed to punk.

Just hear the 'dropping' guitar slides (don't know the term) on tracks like 'Today' (from Siamese Dream), and one immediately thinks of early Grunge.

Subject:Re: Grunge Draft

Written By:velvetoneoon05/05/06 at 12:42 pm

Just hear the 'dropping' guitar slides (don't know the term) on tracks like 'Today' (from Siamese Dream), and one immediately thinks of early Grunge.

I agree that alot of grunge vocalists started to sound the same, they all imitated Eddie Vedder.

Subject:Re: Grunge Draft

Written By:chakaon05/06/06 at 4:08 am

I agree that alot of grunge vocalists started to sound the same, they all imitated Eddie Vedder.